Often there are situations where there are separate menus/layouts for admin and other pages. This article will discuss layouts in Ruby on Rails. To start:
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rails new layouts
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rails generate controller pages index
rails generate controller admin index
Add style to app/assets/stylesheets/pages.scss:
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.topnav {
background-color: #333;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* Style the links inside the navigation bar */
.topnav a {
float: left;
color: #f2f2f2;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 17px;
}
/* Change the color of links on hover */
.topnav a:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
color: black;
}
/* Add a color to the active/current link */
.topnav a.active {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
}
Import pages.scss in application.css.scss
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@import "pages";
Make sure your app/views/layouts/application.html.erb looks like this:
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>LayoutsArticle</title>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
<%= csp_meta_tag %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
</head>
<body>
<div class="topnav">
<a class="active" href="#home">Home</a>
<a href="#news">News</a>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
<a href="#about">About</a>
</div>
<%= yield %>
</body>
</html>
Now go to your http://localhost:3000/pages/index, which should look something like this:
Now to add a layout for admins. Add style to app/assets/stylesheets/admin.scss:
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.sidenav {
height: 100%;
width: 160px;
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: #111;
overflow-x: hidden;
padding-top: 20px;
a {
padding: 6px 8px 6px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 25px;
color: #818181;
display: block;
&:hover {
color: #f1f1f1;
}
}
}
.main {
margin-left: 160px;
padding: 0px 10px;
}
@media screen and (max-height: 450px) {
.sidenav {
padding-top: 15px;
a {
font-size: 18px;
}
}
}
Import admin.scss in application.css.scss:
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@import "pages";
@import "admin";
Create app/views/layouts/admin.html.erb and make sure it looks like this:
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>LayoutsArticle</title>
<%= csrf_meta_tags %>
<%= csp_meta_tag %>
<%= stylesheet_link_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag 'application', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>
</head>
<body>
<div class="sidenav">
<a href="#">About</a>
<a href="#">Services</a>
<a href="#">Clients</a>
<a href="#">Contact</a>
</div>
<div class="main">
<%= yield %>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Now go to http://localhost:3000/admin/index, which should look something like this:
There you have it!